Armitage High School

Armitage School
Armitage School
	Classroom at Armitage High School
Location
	Janjanbureh; Gambia
Coordinates	13°32′33″N 14°46′04″W / 13.542407°N 14.767725°W
Information
Type	High school
Motto	Enter to learn go forward to serve
Established	1927; 97 years ago
Founder	Governor Cecil Hamilton Armitage

Armitage Senior Secondary School is a high school located in Janjanbureh, in the Gambia. Armitage a boarding school, is one of the oldest schools in the Gambia. It was established in 1927 by Governor Cecil Hamilton Armitage in Georgetown. After World War II, the school became a secondary boarding school.^[1]

Notable alumni

Sheriff Dibba, a People's Progressive Party politician of the 1960s and 1970s^[2]
Sheriff Sisay, a People's Progressive Party politician of the 1960s and 1970s^[2]
Isatou Njie Saidy, Vice President of the Gambia, and Secretary of State (Minister) for Women's Affairs, from 20 March 1997 to 18 January 2017.^[3]^{[circular reference]}

^ Ceesay, Hassoum (10 January 2017). "History corner: Armitage High School, Georgetown, clocks 90 years: A BRIEF HISTORY (1983-1988 batch)". The Point for Freedom and Democracy. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b Hughes, Arnold; Perfect, David, eds. (2008). "Armitage School". Historical Dictionary of The Gambia. African Historical Dictionaries. Vol. 109. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 8–9.
^ "Isatou Njie-Saidy". Retrieved August 24, 2023.

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